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Six hectares of scrub burned in Wharekopae Road fire

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Firefighters, backed up by two helicopters, spent more than six hours on Saturday tackling a large fire in scrub at a Wharekopae Road property and all day Sunday making sure it was out.

The alarm was raised shortly before 2pm on Saturday at a property about 10 kilometres up the road from the Waipaoa River roundabout.

A senior firefighter said the property owner had been burning material in a bur...


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